Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:04:59 -0400 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Being a shell provider - good business? Message-ID: <20080914100459.4f62a2ef@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <656c2abe0809140614g1e6d56d2y3711e0a902497609@mail.gmail.com> References: <656c2abe0809140034s283a134w9aa5d2e60f520e99@mail.gmail.com> <656c2abe0809140614g1e6d56d2y3711e0a902497609@mail.gmail.com>
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--Sig_/VJM5kdHsc/sTL8vFqEORspk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:14:38 +0200 "Art Vandelay" <therapshow@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Art Vandelay <therapshow@gmail.com> > wrote: >=20 > > Hello. My friend thinks that being a shell provider for IRC bots and > > bouncers is very good business. How do I convince him it's not? > > > > Sorry for going off-topic and cross-post, but I don't know who else > > to ask. >=20 > I'm serious, I'm trying to get him to use his BSD servers for other > purposes. Maybe webhosting. Maybe a grid to help out local > universities in their supercomputing. Or just plain consulting. Isn't > there any research article out there showing just how silly and > profitless that whole business model is? Maybe I am missing something here. The equipment that you are referring to belongs to your friend and not you, correct? If your friend is happy with his business model and is not conclusively and adversely effecting you, what business of yours is it what he does? I would personally be quite annoyed if some buttinsky <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/buttinsky>; continually interfered with my business. Just my 2=C2=A2. --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com Prunes give you a run for your money. --Sig_/VJM5kdHsc/sTL8vFqEORspk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkjNGgwACgkQBvaKIJWWCO0S4ACfd987h6lgob1zikU70IPkIyCR e70AoIq4ciZdazx9gLN39+y1EkvcqRy6 =het5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/VJM5kdHsc/sTL8vFqEORspk--
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